The Woodlands' Hager takes 2nd at Redman Triathlon
When I asked the question on this blog, "How far would you drive for a half marathon?", my friend Bill Dwyer shot back a question, "How far would you drive to do a half Ironman?"
35-year-old pro triathlete from The Woodlands, Kimberly Hager's answer was "9 hours" as she drove to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma last Friday to compete in the 2nd annual Redman Triathlon on Saturday, September 23rd.
Using the race as a tuneup for Ironman Florida, scheduled to take place in Panama Beach, Florida on Saturday, November 4th, Hager finished the half distance (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run) in 5:06:49.
Hager was 3rd among all females in the 1.2-mile swim in 37:42, 2nd in the 56-mile bike in a time of 2:51:59 and tops in the half marathon run (her strength) in 1:34:41.
Beating Hager by just under nine (9) minutes in 4:55:52 was 31-year-old Norman, Oklahoma resident Christina Wolfe. Wolfe, who moved to Oklahoma from California with her husband, Justin (who narrowly won the men's Full event on Saturday in 10:24:09), finished 2nd in the same race a year ago in 5:41:22.
Wolfe, who sliced 14 minutes off of her bike time from a year ago and 31 minutes off her run - despite a career best 1:31:30 in Oklahoma at this year's OKC Memorial Half Marathon, was completely gracious about her win and of her competition.
"I think much of the improvement I've enjoyed this year has been due to much better and more consistent training, especially on the bike," said Wolfe, the Collection Manager, Herpetology at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. "I have a long ways to go, though, to be competitive on the run with talented women like Kim Hager (she looked liked she was running effortlessly!)!
"This past weekend was a great race for me," she added. "I have had a good season this year, and it was a lot of fun to be able to finish it with a decent performance at a half-ironman (a distance that I've struggled to figure out pacing issues with in the past).
"Last year's time was incredibly slow - race day was quite hot with high humidity - and it was also my first year in Oklahoma. Although I'm doing better in the heat, I still am figuring out how to race well in tough conditions."
Wolfe went on to say that while she hasn't completed a full Ironman she may consider it for 2008.
Much of that motivation comes from the fact of her husband's first Full effort on Saturday and as she said, "put together the race of his life to win."
A couple of other notes from the greater Houston area includes:
+ Pearland's Andrea Zepeda, 38, went from finishing 3rd in the Half last year (5:51:50) to taking second in the Full this year (12:43:41).
+ Friendswood's Jana Landry, 53, co-owner of On The Run in Clear Lake, won the Female Masters division in the Full in a time of 13:37:12.
35-year-old pro triathlete from The Woodlands, Kimberly Hager's answer was "9 hours" as she drove to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma last Friday to compete in the 2nd annual Redman Triathlon on Saturday, September 23rd.
Using the race as a tuneup for Ironman Florida, scheduled to take place in Panama Beach, Florida on Saturday, November 4th, Hager finished the half distance (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run) in 5:06:49.
Hager was 3rd among all females in the 1.2-mile swim in 37:42, 2nd in the 56-mile bike in a time of 2:51:59 and tops in the half marathon run (her strength) in 1:34:41.
Beating Hager by just under nine (9) minutes in 4:55:52 was 31-year-old Norman, Oklahoma resident Christina Wolfe. Wolfe, who moved to Oklahoma from California with her husband, Justin (who narrowly won the men's Full event on Saturday in 10:24:09), finished 2nd in the same race a year ago in 5:41:22.
Wolfe, who sliced 14 minutes off of her bike time from a year ago and 31 minutes off her run - despite a career best 1:31:30 in Oklahoma at this year's OKC Memorial Half Marathon, was completely gracious about her win and of her competition.
"I think much of the improvement I've enjoyed this year has been due to much better and more consistent training, especially on the bike," said Wolfe, the Collection Manager, Herpetology at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. "I have a long ways to go, though, to be competitive on the run with talented women like Kim Hager (she looked liked she was running effortlessly!)!
"This past weekend was a great race for me," she added. "I have had a good season this year, and it was a lot of fun to be able to finish it with a decent performance at a half-ironman (a distance that I've struggled to figure out pacing issues with in the past).
"Last year's time was incredibly slow - race day was quite hot with high humidity - and it was also my first year in Oklahoma. Although I'm doing better in the heat, I still am figuring out how to race well in tough conditions."
Wolfe went on to say that while she hasn't completed a full Ironman she may consider it for 2008.
Much of that motivation comes from the fact of her husband's first Full effort on Saturday and as she said, "put together the race of his life to win."
A couple of other notes from the greater Houston area includes:
+ Pearland's Andrea Zepeda, 38, went from finishing 3rd in the Half last year (5:51:50) to taking second in the Full this year (12:43:41).
+ Friendswood's Jana Landry, 53, co-owner of On The Run in Clear Lake, won the Female Masters division in the Full in a time of 13:37:12.
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